Are the blue lights on?

[bettyw.livejournal.com]

I'm coming over to Somerville in a bit and can find no indication online that there is any snow emergency declared (nor for Cambridge). Malden called one starting @ 8am today. 311 hold wasn't going anywhere. Have any of you folks on CTY heard anything?

EDIT 11:45am: I just called the Malden PD, who told me that their robo-call was not an "official" snow emergency, just a "be courteous about parking" call (even though is said to use the municipal garages). I think they are enjoying their new robo-calling abilities too much - NYE they called just to say the old police chief was retiring!

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[flicktitious.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure if you go to somervillema.gov, any snow emergencies that have been e-mailed (or phoned) are listed under the alerts section, and the emergency notice itself has the date and time it takes effect.

You can also sign up to have the alerts e-mailed to you, in which case they're instantaneous. That said, if you live on a street like mine, you're better off watching the weather and finding a parking spot a day in advance of a snow storm.